Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Ah yes, turning 50, that year when you realize you’re all grown up. It’s sometimes a shock, but I took it in stride and so should you. Now is the time to think of your grown-up future. What’s to look forward to? A great retirement. Some of you have planned your retirement for years; others …
My girls are Instagram/Pinterest/YouTube addicts. You know, normal teens. So when they came to me with the latest food craze “we just like totally had to try,” I almost burst out laughing. What was this life-altering dish? Wait for it. A smoothie bowl. Me: Isn’t that just a smoothie in a bowl, instead of a …
One of the very first recipes I wrote down as a young cook was this chocolate chip cookie recipe, painstakingly copied from an aunt’s handwritten card. For a long time it was the only one I would use, but like everything in life, it eventually needed a makeover. Enter my improved chocolate chip cookies with …
Skidding out in the snow and ice on a closed course with great winter tires and a professional driver is super fun. What’s not fun? Skidding out on an open road, with no professional driver beside you and multiple hazards to hit. If you haven’t experienced that feeling, then you are obviously not Canadian. My fellow …
When I was in my mid-twenties I was diagnosed with HPV. Precancerous cells were found in my cervix and that led to many uncomfortable pap smears and years of worry. At the time I’d never even heard of HPV and I certainly didn’t know it was sexually transmitted. It was a horrible way to find …
My kids get home from school at 2:30 p.m. That leaves a crazy amount of time between the end of school and dinner. In order to keep them from eating everything in their path as soon as they walk through the door, I need to be prepared with fast snacks that they can grab as …
I didn’t always love avocado. There was a time when I turned my nose up at its texture and colour and ohmygawd what is that flavour? As my taste buds matured along came an appreciation for olives, craft ale, bearded men, and the previously despised green fruit. And then I couldn’t get enough. Guacamole became …
On this 10th day of April in Ottawa it is -14C. I am broken but not yet defeated, because the weatherman tells me there are double digit temperatures just around the corner, which means….Spring Tune-up! With this glimmer of hope though comes a sad realization. My body is in pathetic shape. Winter pudge, unpainted toes, …
